The 37th longest-running television show on American television, ABC's Monday Night Football is an institution. And while the debut episode in 1970 may not have all your fancy bells and whistles like super slo-mo replays, dedicated sideline reporters or even a graphic showing the score and amount of time on the clock, it did have charm. With the recent merger of the NFL and AFL, the New York Jets (featuring future hall of fame quarterback Joe Namath) and the Cleveland Browns meet for the first time in this historic (if not all that exciting) game.

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If you'd like to watch this terrible VHS rip of the game (with its beautiful 1970-era commercials intact), you can do that here.

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